The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Have Killed e96 Deer-A Negro Prob
ably Fatally Shot at Palmetto.
GEORGIA.
Brunswick's ice factory and a throe-story
brick grist mile new enterprise are nearly
completed.
Prohibition clubs are being organized all
over Walton county, and the contest is get
ting quite warm.
Near Lumber City, Quarterman Griffin
committed suicide last Saturday by taking
25c. worth of morphine. Cause, tired of
life.
G. NJ McRae has put up good mill near
Lumber City, which makes two good steam
mills and one grist mill that the town now
boasts Of
1t is intimated from good authority that
there viii be a guano factory put in opera
ton at Lumber City shortly, of about fifteen
tons capacity per day.
A great many people aro advocating a
stringent game law for Telfair and Mont
golnery counties which thoy trust will be
put through the Legislature at this session.
Dr. Bryant, the present lessee of the In
dian Spring reservation. offers to relinquish
said lease 10 the State, provided the State
will sell to any party who will build a
100000 hotel.
Chief Jones, of Macon, is in receipt of n
letter from the LaFrance fire engine manu-
facturers in which it is stated that the new
steamer for the department will be shipped
one day this week.
The survivors of the Twenty-eighth
Georgia regiment are requested TO meet at
the court house in Sandersville, Saturday
morning, July 9, at II o'clock.
Mrs. John White died Sunday at the resi-
dence of her father, Causy Overstreet, at
Sylvania. Mrs. White had been married
but a few months and was only about 20
years old. She was buried Monday.
j. p. Hunt Of Round Oak has something
of curiosity on his place in the way of q
honeycomb, built on the outside of a tree.
The bees have made the comb now over two
feet long, and the limb from which it hangs
is its only protection from the rain.
One of Washington's young men dropped
two-dollar-and-a-half gold piece in the
contribution basket at service on Sunday,
but next day he called on the church treas
urer to say he thought he was putting in u
nickle. OF course the error was adjusted
The CHAMBERS have broken out among the
horses of Montgomery county in very ma
hgnaft form. One gentleman has erectel
hospital for the infected district. This dis
ease is said TO be incurable, and if it should
spread will result in great damage to the
people.
T. B. Beall, of Hogansville, but a former
Griffin printer, has bargained for a hand
press and thinks of starting newspaper at
Woodbury. some time during the next two
or three weeks. Mr. Beall has sold the
Hogansville Enterprise and will devote all
his time to the building up of the Woodbury.
paper.
At Brunswick a fire occurred about .
O'Clock Sunday morning. 1t broke out in
the roof OF small candy store, i'll the block
offrame buildings opposite the post office, on
New Castle street. Owing TO the prompt
and timely arrival of the fire department
the fire was not allowed TO get under head
way, but was confined TO this one house, and
soon put out Although the house adioined
Others they sustained no damage. The
cause of the fire is supposed to have been
from defective fiue.
Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock
as negro girl named Idula Good
win, aged IL, was walking upon the plat
form OF the fish pond at the Crump place,
near Vineville, a suburb of Macon, she acct
IDENTIFY fell into the water. Her brother-in-
law, Anderson Rollins quite an old man,
jumped in after her, but could not rescue
her, and both were drowned. The wife of
Rollins also jumped in aud would have been
drowned also but for the assistance of
man whose name could not be learned, and
who saved her.
Elijah Youngblood, of Coffee county, has
killed 800 deer He is one of Coffee's most
successful farmers, and lives now on one Of
the poorest places in the county and makes
plenty. 1t is said that since 1910 eleven
families have starved on the place, but he
makes plenty, and sells corn, potatoes and
bacon. He says any man who cannot make
living in this county should not live He
is 81 years old, can walk all day in the woods,
and can run mile TO head deer or wild
cat when he hears old Altman bark. He
has killed 2i0 wild cats.
Hamilton NeiCs: Your correspondent Wis
tied Uncle Jimmie Cox, our aged brother Of
90, a few days ago We found him at his
favorite employment, reading his Bible.
lie was very talkative and full of love Of
God; could not speak of his goodness to him
without tears in his eyes The ladies of
Cataula celebrated his birthday June with
a nice dinner. They prepared the dinner at
their residence and had a pleasant day with
the father OF Israel and his good companion.
Mr.. Billie Cox, his grandson, was 20 the day
before his grandfather's birthday.
Sunday Eddie Simmons, Lester Pickett.
Sian Darrell and Osgood Simmons went ont
TO pick berries, and continued TO wander
until they reached the pond at the head of
the race OF the Atherton factory, some three
and half miles from Jasper Eddie i'm
mediately went into the water bathing.
NhiiS VIC TeudlIilel Ol tue party ala not
plunge in at that time. They say that Ed
die was sinking under the water, and they
jumped in tc assist him, but he seemed to
be excited and drowned in spite of all their
efforts to save him. He was about Is years
old, while the other boys were all younger.
The whisky warehouse of N. J. Wheeler,
In the southwestern part of Cherokee county,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday night,
together with about 1000 gallons of corn
whisky. The origin is unknown, but the
fire Is supposed 70 be the work of an incen-
diary. Within the past eighteen months
Mr.. Wheeler has lost by fire two distilleries,
one barn and contents, and now his ware
house and ! 900 gallons of whisky, entailing
total loss of about $1,000 upon him. All
is supposed to have been fired by some in
cendiary. There was no insurance on any
of the property destroyed and the losses,
therefore, fall heavily upon Mr.. Wheeler.
Holly Springs, five miles south of Canton,
IL now nursing boom which in a very short
while will grow into one equalling any that
has yet been started, all things considered
A very fine quality Of green marble has
been found there in unknown quantity, and
quarrying has begun The vein has been
bored down upon for eighty feet or more,
and marble found the entire distance Ii
can he seen on many acres, and the now
famous marble quarries of Picllens bids fair
IN have rival in quantity and quality. A
railroad about two miles In length is now
being surveyed from Holly Springs to the